By Mark Clifford | Chair, Nominating Committee
Are you interested in becoming a candidate for elective office in 2011? Do you know someone who would make a great contribution to the Society by being elected? Are you interested in learning more about a particular office? Can you suggest other members for office? If so, the Nominating Committee would like to hear from you.
The STC Board of Directors includes leaders with business and academic backgrounds. All candidates must be senior STC members, experienced working at a strategic level, comfortable making decisions collaboratively, and focused on outcomes. Previous Society-level leadership experience is not as important as having gained professional skills in managing people, projects, and budgets. Being an STC board member is a chance to leverage these skills to lead a not-for-profit organization and to help ensure that the Society continues providing members with an increasing quality of opportunities and services.
If you can rise to this challenge, complete the candidate nomination form printed here and return it to the Society office. The form has also been posted on the STC website at www.stc.org. You also can obtain it from the Society office; contact stc@stc.org or call +1 (703) 522-4114 and request that the candidate nomination form be mailed to you.
Use the same form if you want to recommend someone to stand. If you want to recommend more than one person, submit one form per person. The deadline for receipt of all forms is 1 July 2010.
The Nominating Committee invites expressions of interest from all members who would like to help direct and administer Society-level activities. This year, the Nominating Committee seeks prospects for the offices of:
- Vice President
- Treasurer
- Director (two positions)
- Nominating Committee
- Member (two positions)
The list of positions reflects changes to the composition of the Society Board of Directors. Based on the results of the Knowledge-Based Governance Survey of the membership conducted in August 2009, the STC Board of Directors amended the Society Bylaws to reflect the following position changes:
- Remove the Second Vice President position.
- Remove one Director position.
- Change Director terms to two years.
- Allow Directors to serve two consecutive terms.
A full copy of the revised bylaws is available at www.stc.org/PDF_Files/bylaws.pdf.
Members who complete the nomination form (or who are recommended by others) do not automatically become candidates. Once the forms are received, the committee calls all prospects to confirm their interest. Once confirmed, interested prospects are asked to forward additional information, which the committee uses to determine candidacy.
A healthy board combines the talents of seasoned leaders with the fresh perspectives of new board members. All members are encouraged to complete and submit the nomination form.
